The Madlanga Commission heard on Monday that IDAC chief investigator, Dylan Perumal has been discharged after being hospitalised over the weekend.
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The NPA says IDAC investigator Dylan Perumal fell ill and is receiving hospital treatment, rejecting reports that he attempted suicide.
This comes after several media outlets claimed Perumal attempted suicide and was in critical condition and rushed to a hospital over the weekend.
In a statement on Tuesday, NPA national spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Andy Mothibi, and Acting Investigating Director of IDAC, Advocate Nthuthuzelo Vanara, noted the social media posts and newspaper articles around Perumal’s hospitalisation.
“We have been in contact with the family, and we can confirm that he indeed fell ill and is in hospital. There is no truth to the fact that he was trying to commit suicide,” Kganyago said.
The NPA further wished him a speedy recovery and called for the public to refrain from spreading unconfirmed information.
Perumal’s name has been mentioned at the Madlanga Commission by alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.
On Monday, the Commission heard that Perumal and a fellow IDAC investigator had probed Matlala for dirt on National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, and SAPS head of Crime Intelligence General Dumisani Khumalo.
Matlala alleged the IDAC investigators booked him out of the Ebongweni Correctional Centre in Kokstad and took him to the Sheraton Hotel instead of C-Max Prison.
He claimed they told him they were not primarily after him, but needed to arrest him to reach other people they wanted to investigate.
“When they fetch me to court, they told me on my way to court that, 'Listen, we are not actually after you. However, we need to arrest you so that we can get to the people that we want to pursue',” Matlala told the commission.